Greek Mythology, 1st Edition

Lucent Press

Lucent Press publishes high-quality nonfiction resources for upper-elementary to high school students.

ISBN-10: 1420509497

ISBN-13: 9781420509496

DDC: 292.1

Grade Level Range: 7th Grade
- 10th Grade

112 Pages | eBook

Original Copyright 2012 | Published/Released May 2012

This publication's content originally published in print form: 2012

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Overview

This new volume in Lucent's Mythology and Culture Worldwide series looks at Greek mythology, draws connections between ancient Greek culture and its myths, and explains how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented in its treasured stories of gods, demi-gods, monsters, and heroes. This volume includes a map of ancient Greece, a family tree of the major gods, a table of major characters with name pronunciations and brief descriptions, a glossary, sidebars, fact boxes, a bibliography of sources for further study, and a subject index.

This product is part of:

This series helps younger researchers understand the role of mythology in major historical cultures of the world. Each volume explores the origins and cultural importance of a specific mythology. Presented in an engaging narrative that explains mythology as a product of the culture that created it, each volume details the major characters, gods/goddesses, and themes reflected in the stories. Volumes also discuss the impact of the mythology on daily life at the time and throughout history.

Features and Benefits

Each volume focuses on one cultural or national mythology. Major myths, characters, gods and goddesses, and themes of the mythology are presented with a particular emphasis on tying these stories back to important aspects of the culture that produced it.

These books also detail how the culture interacted with their gods and goddesses, and how the myths were communicated.

Each volume contains numerous sidebars and fact boxes, a family tree or diagram that shows relationships of major entities, a pronunciation guide, a glossary, an annotated bibliography and comprehensive index.